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Asteria · Yearly Forecast
July 13, 2026
profection year

Tupac's year of the 8th house

Age 55 · year 56 of life · June 16, 2026 → June 16, 2027

Gemini on the active cusp. Year lord: Mercury, natal Gemini 19°23' in the 8th house.

Right now Mercury transits Cancer 20°22' in your 9th house (℞).

Year-lord transits

Major contacts to your year lord over the next 12 months: the year's loudest weather, per Hellenistic practice.

DateFromAspect To year lord
Sep 29, 2026JupitersextileMercury
Mar 4, 2027JupitersextileMercury℞
Apr 21, 2027SaturnsextileMercury
May 23, 2027JupitersextileMercury

The year ahead

Every Jupiter-through-Pluto transit that goes exact in the next twelve months: the dates the major influences peak.

Hits to your year lord (Mercury) or your profected 8th house weigh heaviest for this year's themes.

July 2026
Jul 24, 2026JupitertrineMoon
Jul 25, 2026MarstrineMars
Jul 25, 2026JupitersextileVenus
Jul 26, 2026MarsconjunctionMercury
August 2026
Aug 3, 2026MarsconjunctionSun
Aug 6, 2026MarssquarePluto
Aug 10, 2026UranussextileMoon
Aug 12, 2026JupitersextileUranus
Aug 19, 2026MarssquareMoon
Aug 21, 2026UranusconjunctionVenus
Aug 25, 2026MarssquareUranus
September 2026
Sep 23, 2026MarssextilePluto
Sep 24, 2026JupiteroppositionMars
Sep 25, 2026MarstrineJupiter
Sep 27, 2026MarssextileSaturn
Sep 29, 2026JupitersextileMercury
Sep 29, 2026MarstrineNeptune
October 2026
Oct 1, 2026UranusconjunctionVenus℞
Oct 7, 2026MarstrineMoon
Oct 7, 2026MarssextileVenus
Oct 12, 2026UranussextileMoon℞
Oct 14, 2026MarssextileUranus
Oct 29, 2026SaturnoppositionUranus℞
Oct 31, 2026MarsoppositionMars
November 2026
Nov 2, 2026MarssextileMercury
Nov 7, 2026JupitersextileSun
Nov 14, 2026MarssextileSun
Nov 22, 2026MarssquareJupiter
Nov 25, 2026MarssquareSaturn
Nov 28, 2026MarssquareNeptune
December 2026
Dec 11, 2026MarssquareVenus
January 2027
Jan 17, 2027JupitersextileSun℞
Jan 21, 2027SaturnoppositionUranus
Jan 31, 2027PlutosextileMoon
February 2027
Feb 7, 2027MarssquareVenus℞
Feb 7, 2027PlutotrineVenus
Feb 18, 2027MarssquareNeptune℞
Feb 22, 2027MarssquareSaturn℞
Feb 24, 2027MarssquareJupiter℞
March 2027
Mar 4, 2027JupitersextileMercury℞
Mar 7, 2027MarssextileSun℞
Mar 13, 2027JupiteroppositionMars℞
April 2027
Apr 13, 2027SaturnsextileMars
Apr 21, 2027SaturnsextileMercury
Apr 27, 2027NeptuneconjunctionMoon
Apr 29, 2027MarssextileSun
May 2027
May 4, 2027NeptunesextileVenus
May 10, 2027MarssquareJupiter
May 13, 2027JupiteroppositionMars
May 14, 2027MarssquareSaturn
May 17, 2027MarssquareNeptune
May 19, 2027UranussextileMoon
May 23, 2027UranusconjunctionVenus
May 23, 2027JupitersextileMercury
May 28, 2027MarssquareVenus
June 2027
Jun 11, 2027SaturnsextileSun
Jun 25, 2027MarssquareMercury
Jun 30, 2027JupitersextileSun
July 2027
Jul 6, 2027MarssquareSun
Jul 9, 2027MarsconjunctionPluto
Jul 12, 2027MarssextileJupiter

Returns ahead

The cycles where a planet returns to its natal position: fresh charts cast on top of the natal shaping their windows.

Lunar Return
August 3, 2026
Moon back to natal · 21 days away. Gemini rising · Moon in 11th house.
Solar Return
2026-06-16 03:09 UTC
Sun back to natal degree. The Solar Return ASC and MC frame the year ahead.
Saturn cycle
Second Saturn Return
Peak May 30, 2030 · age 59.0. Saturn returns a second time, at the threshold of elderhood. The life's central structures are weighed for what they were truly for: work, family, place. The friction is consolidation: deciding what to carry forward, what to lay down, and what your authority is now in service of.

Progressions

Secondary progressions (day-for-a-year): the inner clock that redraws the chart slowly over a life.

Progressed Sun
Leo 17°36'
About thirty years per sign: sign changes mark major life-phase boundaries.
Progressed Moon
Aries 13°39' · 6th house
The inner monthly weather over years, roughly 2.3 years per sign.
Progressed lunation
Disseminating
Sharing what was learned. Teaching, mentoring, integration.

Eclipses ahead

Solar and lunar eclipses within ~18 months that fall within orb of a natal placement.

DateKindAt HitsOrb
Aug 12, 2026SolarLeo 20°02'opposition Mars1.6°
Feb 6, 2027SolarAquarius 17°38'conjunction Mars0.8°
Feb 6, 2027SolarAquarius 17°38'conjunction North Node1.8°
Feb 6, 2027SolarAquarius 17°38'opposition South Node1.8°
Aug 2, 2027SolarLeo 9°55'conjunction Part of Fortune2.7°

Retrograde now

Planets currently moving backward through the zodiac and the natal house each is rolling through.

PlanetUntilAt Your house
Mercuryuntil Jul 23, 2026Cancer 20°22'9th house
Neptuneuntil Dec 12, 2026Aries 4°24'5th house
Plutountil Oct 16, 2026Aquarius 4°36'3rd house

Monthly profection schedule

Within the profection year the active house rotates one step every month, starting on your birthday. The monthly lord rules that month's cusp.

FromHouseSign Lord
Jun 16, 20268thGeminiMercury
Jul 16, 20269thCancerMoon
Aug 16, 202610thLeoSun
Sep 16, 202611thVirgoMercury
Oct 16, 202612thLibraVenus
Nov 16, 20261stScorpioMars
Dec 16, 20262ndSagittariusJupiter
Jan 16, 20273rdCapricornSaturn
Feb 16, 20274thAquariusSaturn
Mar 16, 20275thPiscesJupiter
Apr 16, 20276thAriesMars
May 16, 20277thTaurusVenus

Retrograde windows ahead

Mercury, Venus, and Mars retrograde periods over the next 12 months. Each window is bounded by the two stations that open and close it.

StartsEndsPlanet Stations RxDirect
Jul 13, 2026Jul 23, 2026MercuryCancer 20°Cancer 16°
Oct 3, 2026Nov 14, 2026VenusScorpio 8°Libra 22°
Oct 24, 2026Nov 13, 2026MercuryScorpio 20°Scorpio 5°
Jan 10, 2027Apr 1, 2027MarsVirgo 10°Leo 20°
Feb 9, 2027Mar 3, 2027MercuryPisces 5°Aquarius 20°
Jun 10, 2027Jul 4, 2027MercuryCancer 6°Gemini 27°
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